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South Sudan
South Sudan is believed to have the worst literacy rate in the world, behind even Mali and Niger. A July 2012 report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) found that less than 2 percent of the population has completed primary school education.
Adult Literacy: 27 percent (2009)
Primary School Enrollment
- 2006: 700,000
- 2010: 1.6 million
Government Education Spending
South Sudan allocates 16 percent of the national budget to education. However opposition political parties and aid agencies claim the real figure is less than 10 percent.
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IRIN | Analysis: South Sudan struggles to meet demand for education
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- Wednesday 2 January 2013
January 1, 2013 (JUBA) - Western Equatoria State’s government says education will be one of its top priorities in 2013, and warned parents against keeping children of school-going age at home. Bangasi Joseph Bakoso, governor of Western (...)
- Friday 14 July 2006
By Omer M Shurkian*
July 10, 2006 — It may be argued that a language is a natural instinct whereby human beings could express their desires, demand their basic rights, learn new skills and acquire lifelong experiences. Nonetheless, (...)
- Friday 4 May 2012
By Ngor Arol Garang
May 3, 2012 (MALAKAL) - South Sudan has pledged to implement a policy to improve the country’s education system the Minister of Higher Education said on Wednesday.
South Sudanese school children (BBC/Simon (...)
- Thursday 3 January 2013
January 2, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha has defended the recent crackdown on independent pro-democracy centers and suggested they are undercover bodies whose goal is to undermine the regime. Sudanese (...)
- Sunday 15 February 2009
By John A. Akec
February 14, 2009 — With more than 30 universities in Sudan and with talk of declining academic standards and rising level of unemployment amongst university graduates in our country, one is led to believe that (...)
- Friday 21 October 2011
October 20, 2011 (JUBA) - Donor and development partners supporting South Sudan’s judicial system should develop training modules based on the English language, Paulion Wanawila, the country’s deputy minister for justice and (...)
- Sunday 11 March 2012
March 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — US special envoy for Sudan, Princeton Lyman, has contributed to soften the position of the South Sudanese delegation in the talks on outstanding issues in Addis Ababa, said Sudan’s official news agency.
Talks (...)
- Saturday 9 March 2013
March 7, 2013 (BENTIU) - South Sudan’s new syllabus is being introduced to teachers in Unity state this week through a workshop organised by Charles Kendall Consulting, a British business our are distributing the country’s new text (...)
- Saturday 7 April 2012
By Magok Alier Akuot
April 6, 2012 — t is said that two wrongs can’t make a right. I have lost patience in the way things are done in the Republic of South Sudan and so I think that I can’t just keep quiet which is why I will ask you to (...)
- Friday 15 February 2013
February 14, 2013 (BOR) - The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) announced on Thursday at a ceremony in Jonglei state that it will sponsor 40 South Sudanese students through secondary school in 2013. The principal of Malek Academy addressing (...)
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